Rudolf Haas (actor, 1849)

Rudolf Haas (born July 8, 1849 in Ottenschlag , † May 9, 1927 in Leipzig ) was an Austro-German actor , operetta singer (baritone) and director .

Life

Rudolf Haas was born in Ottenschlag in 1849 as the son of a doctor . In 1866 he took part in the campaign to Italy and then worked until 1872 as a tax officer in Schärding and as a customs officer in Passau . Then he began without any special training as an actor and singer with traveling troops . In 1885 he worked as an actor and director at the Deutsches Theater in Budapest , from 1888 to 1889 in Würzburg , then in Nuremberg , from 1890 to 1891 in Hanover , 1891 in Chemnitz , 1895 at the Wilhelmstheater in Magdeburg , 1899 at the Gärtnerplatz-Theater in Munich and 1901 at the city theater in Leipzig. In 1918 he retired and only worked as a guest or on the radio. Haas achieved his greatest success in comic roles.

Rudolf Haas died in Leipzig in 1927 at the age of 77.

Leading roles (selection)

• The Alpine King and the Misanthrope : Habakkuk
• Romeo and Juliet : Lorenzo
• Fra Diavolo : Beppo
• The armorer : Knight Adelhof
• The bat : frog

literature

• Haas Rudolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 119.
• Ludwig Eisenberg: German-Austrian artist and writer lexicon.
• Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon.
• German stage yearbook. 1928, p. 109.

Web links

• Rudolf Haas at Operissimo  on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
• Rudolf Haas in the Internet Movie Database (English)